St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1887-11-05
PuNoENr PARAGRAPHS.

"A man never has good luck who
has bad wife.-BccchcT.
Happiness comes more from help
I, ing others than from helping ourselves.
Many a husband wishes that the
tradesmen would trust him As fully as
his wife does. BOSTON Post.
1t is pity that our neighbors do
not know as well rs we do what is best
Tor them.-Bostea Courier.
There is no package so small that
Q woman will not have it sent home in
. large red wagon. in preference to
carrying it.-Harper's Bazar.
True honor is that which refrains
from doing in secret what it would not
DO openly. and where other laws arc
wanting. imposes a law upon itself.
DO not marry for riches. my son;
but remember that the husband Of an
heiress is seldom obliged to get up at
Eve o'clock in the morning and build
the fire.-Teras Sif1ings.
The Englishman who said there
we're no ruins in this country could
never have met an American citizen re-
turning home after torchlight process
sion.-B Burlington Free Press.
One Of the queer things Of the age
is that where one man can be found to
work for two dollars a day four can be
found to sit on the fence and look at
him for nothing. Journal.
"A New Yorker has invented a
vacuum. but the authorities in Wash
ington refuse to grant him patent on
it. They say his vacuum is = bare
faced Infringement ON . dudes head
Norristown Herald.
Every one who would rise must BE-
thinker and . worker. Not chiefly
by study or reading will man become
the first; there is often much knowledge
with few ideas; there are very learned
men without any grand thoughts Of
heir own.
1t is said that when an Indian dies
MS surviving relatives pay all his debts.
We are acquainted with man whom
we heartily wish would turn Indian and
lie. II he reads this it will be just like
him TO wonder who is meant-PhiiG-
1ciphio Call.
Tho best thing to give TO your en-
envy is forgiveness; to an opponent. tol-
srance; to a friend. your heart; to your
child. q good example; to father. def
erence; to your mother. conduct that
will make her proud Of you; to your
self. respect; to all men charity.-Ars.
B0ifour.
"A story in an exchange begins:
'.Madge lie Baron walked home through
the gathering twilight with frown on
her pretty face" After such an intro
duction as that il is most startling to
find the story winding up with no ref.
ercnce to ..Snooks's Blood Purifier" OF
madame Crinoline's Imperial Bustle."
Boston Transcript.
Magazine Editor-'.I regret to say.
sir. that mrst dispense with your serv-
ices" Able eAssistant-''What?'' This
magazine can appear only once more;
I will set up the last number m ssef and
then lie down to die" ''Ah. the time
has come; the blow has struck; the day
of American literature is dead" 'Yes.
the war articles are al out t"-Omaha
World.
did yon hear the sad news about
Jenks:" asked Gus Snobberly of Charlie
KnickerbOcker. mo. what is it?' He
was drowned while rowing . boat in
Central Park" Couldn't he swim?"
THAT wouldn't have made any diff.
ference. Swimming in Central Park is
strictly prohibited. and the park police
enforce tho law. you know. II he had
tried to swim he would have been
dubbed to death. ."-Iexas Sitlinqs